I wanted to share the pictures and experience of last Monday's fieldtrip with you. We took 26 students on this trip to the capitol.Three of our students Canyon Haveron - SHHS, Ciera Alldredge PHS,Alfredo Quintana MMHS, job shadowed Senators and Representative forthe day, which gave them an inside look into the process of lawmaking.

Those that didn't "shadow" were able to tour the capitol including the"Telling My Utah Story" exhibit, we had the opportunity to meet andtalk with our legislator Senator Henderson about issues that are ofconcern for our community. Students enjoyed seeing the artwork,sitting in the balcony where bills are passed into law, many of ourstudents had not visited the capitol before so it was fun to see theirreaction. The American Indian Caucus Day gathering took place rightnext door under the supervision of the Director of Division of IndianAffairs, Shirlee Silversmith and her staff. They made the arrangementsfor shadowing for us. As Nebo students entered the tribal leadersassembly, we were honored to have Navajo Nation Vice PresidentJonathon Nez address our students with a special talk aboutresponsibilities of future leaders! Goshute tribal Chairman RupertSteele offered a prayer and blessed Nebo students on stage at thistribal leaders conference. We met and ate with Utah tribal leaders anddelegates, they were very happy to see young Native American youthparticipating in this event. I think what I kept hearing over and overfrom different people was this simple observation that I heard uponarrival "It warms my heart to see our youth showing up to an eventlike this and participating, your tribe needs you." Our field trip wasinformative and an important teaching experience, we are currentlytracking bills in after-school lab that will impact our Nativecommunities.Director Silversmith made arrangements for our students to visit theMuseum of Fine Arts which is usually closed on Mondays, but theyopened it for our students to see the "Go West" exhibit, art of theAmerican Frontier from the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. Thisexhibit examines the development and disruption of the American Westthrough more than eighty original artworks by Euro-American and PlainsIndian artists!We had a BLAST, thank you for making this possible! EIleen Quintana,Nebo Title VI